diff --git a/util/env_posix.cc b/util/env_posix.cc
index 86571059b..c91b68936 100644
--- a/util/env_posix.cc
+++ b/util/env_posix.cc
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class PosixWritableFile final : public WritableFile {
       return status;
     }
 
-    return SyncFd(fd_, filename_, false);
+    return SyncFd(fd_, filename_);
   }
 
  private:
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class PosixWritableFile final : public WritableFile {
     if (fd < 0) {
       status = PosixError(dirname_, errno);
     } else {
-      status = SyncFd(fd, dirname_, true);
+      status = SyncFd(fd, dirname_);
       ::close(fd);
     }
     return status;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class PosixWritableFile final : public WritableFile {
   //
   // The path argument is only used to populate the description string in the
   // returned Status if an error occurs.
-  static Status SyncFd(int fd, const std::string& fd_path, bool syncing_dir) {
+  static Status SyncFd(int fd, const std::string& fd_path) {
 #if HAVE_FULLFSYNC
     // On macOS and iOS, fsync() doesn't guarantee durability past power
     // failures. fcntl(F_FULLFSYNC) is required for that purpose. Some
@@ -392,11 +392,6 @@ class PosixWritableFile final : public WritableFile {
     if (sync_success) {
       return Status::OK();
     }
-    // Do not crash if filesystem can't fsync directories
-    // (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10000)
-    if (syncing_dir && errno == EINVAL) {
-      return Status::OK();
-    }
     return PosixError(fd_path, errno);
   }